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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Systems and methods for controlling a longwall mining system based on a forward-looking mine profile
Joy Global Underground Mining Llc, Warrendale, PA (US);
Lee Davis, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Matthew Beilstein, Mercer, PA (US);
JOY GLOBAL UNDERGROUND MINING LLC, Warrendale, PA (US);
Abstract
A controller for controlling a longwall mining system. The controller includes a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor. The controller also includes computer executable instructions stored in the computer readable medium for controlling operation of the industrial machine to receive a first signal from a first camera, receive a second signal from a second camera, analyze at least one of the first signal and the second signal to identify one or more edges of a structure of the longwall mining system ahead of a shearer in either a first direction of travel of the shearer or a second direction of travel of the shearer, generate a forward-looking mine profile based on the one or more edges, and control the longwall mining system based on the forward-looking mine profile.